today
8:30 a.m. Audubon Society Field Trip See Event Description
read >9 a.m. Arcata Farmers' Market Arcata Plaza
read >9:30 a.m. Discovery Walk: Unknown Waterfront See Event Description
read >9:30 a.m. Manila Dunes Restoration Manila Community Center
read >10 a.m. Manila Dunes Guided Walk Manila Community Center
read >10 a.m. Library Book Sale Humboldt County Library
read >10 a.m. Dia de los Muertos and Mexican Folk Art Sale Private Eureka home
read >10 a.m. Final Arcata Farmer's Market Arcata Farmers' Market (off the plaza)
read >11 a.m. Donlin Foreman Dance Workshop Dell'Arte
read >2 p.m. Humboldt Coastal Nature Center Draft Trails Plan Walk Stamps House
read >5 p.m. Bati Zado and Show Redwood Raks World Dance Studio
read >6 p.m. The Tumbleweeds Chapala Cafe
read >6 p.m. Ali Chaudhary (jazz duo) Libation
read >6:30 p.m. Not Evil, Just Wrong Humboldt Area Foundation
read >7 p.m. Guitar Stan (country) Old Town Coffee & Chocolates
read >8 p.m. Guitar Orchestra of Barcelona Arkley Center for the Performing Arts
read >8 p.m. Stones in His Pockets Arcata Playhouse
read >8 p.m. A Christmas Carol North Coast Repertory Theater
read >8 p.m. Donna Landry Swing Dance Moose Lodge
read >8 p.m. North Coast Wind Ensemble Fulkerson Recital Hall at HSU
read >8:30 p.m. The Last Minute Men (international) Cafe Mokka
read >9 p.m. Ian McFeron Band (folk rock) Six Rivers Brewery
read >9 p.m. The Michael Paul Band WAVE @ blue lake casino
read >9 p.m. The Generatorz (classic rock) Central Station Cocktail Lounge
read >9 p.m. Taxi Bear River Casino
read >9 p.m. VJ Itchie Fingaz Pearl Lounge
read >9 p.m. Jack Ruby Presents + Blue Street + Acufunkture (DIY rock) Jambalaya
read >9 p.m. 2nd Annual Scorpio Bash The Red Fox Tavern
read >10 p.m. Music by DJ Sidelines
read >10 p.m. DJ Icy Hot Aunty Mo's Lounge
read >10 p.m. Jemimah Puddleduck (rock) Humboldt Brews
read >10 p.m. White Manna + Midday Veil + The King Salmon Duo (rock) Jambalaya
read >11 p.m. Radio Moscow (psychadelic blues) + Mosquito Bandito (one-man surf/garage) The Alibi Lounge and Restaurant
read >previous columns
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Planned Growth Humboldt Style
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Don't get your hopes up...
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read >May 7, 2009
Muscle Cars 101
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Smoke It Out
By North Coast Journal Readers
Editor:
Finally. After presiding over countless huge Journal spreads and covers romanticizing marijuana and the Humboldt culture surrounding it, Hank Sims has actually said “enough” (“Town Dandy,” May 14). And here I was beginning to think he was the personal PR man for growers. Sorry, Hank.
As Sims said, the incident involving AK-47s, bulletproof vests and a high speed chase is just the latest episode of events that show that the myth and the reality of pot in Humboldt County are at odds. What was once perhaps a homegrown cottage industry is now a threat to our independent character. Whether we agree on legalization or not, we should all agree to take a stand together and say “enough” to this latest crop of growers — we’ve got your number, and you haven’t been doing us any favors lately.
Enough of monocultures in this county. We don’t need to let this one suck our spirits dry, ruin our neighborhoods and sense of community and continue to take advantage of us. We can do better.
Robin Hashem, Arcata
1. givemeliberty:
June 2, 2:51 p.m.
The people of California voted to make medical marijuana legal, and sense then we have had a cat and mouse game between the Federal law enforcement and the growers trying to over crowd our prison systems. what we need is to decriminalize medical marijuana at the national level. I cannot under stand why this Congressional district has not taken the lead on sponsoring Legislation to do so. I can not understand why the whole of the California congressional delegation has not sponsored decriminalizing legislation, as honorable representatives of the people whould do as the people wish. Do the people of California need to have another initiative giving specific directions to the California congressional delegation for them to sponsor and vote for a passage of legislation to decriminalize medical marijuana to the same requirements of California State Law?
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